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John Smith Clarke (4 February 1885 – 30 January 1959) was a British author, newspaper editor, poet, socialist politician, and lion tamer. Born in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, Clarke began performing in a circus at age of 17 as a lion tamer. In his early life, he was also a sailor and gun runner for Russian revolutionaries.
Martini Maccomo (died 11 January 1871) was a lion tamer in Victorian Britain. He performed with William Manders' menagerie from around 1854 and remained the group's key attraction until his death. His act involved pursuing lions and tigers around a cage utilising whips, pistols and knuckledusters.
The 'Macarte Lion' in 1874 - The Illustrated London News Thomas Macarte was born in Cork in Ireland in about 1839. He was married but had no children. There are claims that he was a member of the famous Macarte family of circus and music hall entertainers that included the equestrienne Marie Macarte and the high-wire act Macarte Sisters, but this cannot be verified.
A puppet technician for Broadway’s 'The Lion King' has been arrested after he was allegedly found 3D-printing a revolver in a theater’s prop room.
1872: Lion tamer Thomas Macarte, known as Massarti the Lion Tamer, who had previously lost an arm when attacked by one of the lions, entered the lion's cage for a performance with a travelling menagerie in Bolton market on 3 January. Attacked by the lions, he attempted to fight them off with his sword and a pistol loaded with blanks but they ...
Thomas Macarte, also known as Massarti the Lion-Tamer, was attacked and killed by lions during a performance in Bolton, England on January 3, 1872. He had lost an arm to his profession the decade prior. When trying to drive the five lions from one end of the ring to the other, they attacked him.
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Tilly Bébé (1879–1932), Austrian lion and polar bear tamer [7] Rose Flanders Bascom (1880–1915), first American female lion tamer; Mabel Stark (1889–1968), one of the world's first women tiger tamers; Clyde Beatty (1903–1965), one of the pioneers of using a chair in training big cats; Irina Bugrimova (1911–2001), the first female ...